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The Lost Weekend (1945)

Movie"The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!"
Audience Score
76
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NR 1 hr 41 minNov 29th, 1945Drama
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
StarringRay MillandJane WymanPhillip Terry
DirectorBilly Wilder

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 29th, 1945 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:February 6th, 2001 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$1,250,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$11,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Paramount Pictures
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookblack and whitefilm noirwriterflashbackalcoholismalcoholbrotheraddictionparanoia